I have a very foundational belief that no guest enters a church, whether a conventional church structure or an...
Stephen Gray
Stephen is known for his vast experience in church planting. He has been involved in planting for over a decade. He has personally planted four churches, lead a national church planting organization and trained/coached hundreds of planters and pastors. Read More About Stephen Gray At His Author Page
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Protecting Your Vision From Drift
“He shoots! He scores!” You hear the basketball announcers proclaim. “What a fade-away jumper!” and the crowd goes...
Defining Success for Church Plants
Success is not necessarily a numbers issue. I know plenty of large churches that may look successful on the outside,...
Five Reasons Churches Don’t Get Involved In Church Planting
Many tend to think that planting a church is something that only a select few congregations can do. The rational for...
Validating The Call To Leadership
There can be no more fundamental step in the process of watching a church become healthy than finding the right spirit...
Stop Saying “Unchurched”?
I had a very interesting conversation with a colleague recently (Darrell MacLearn) about using the term “unchurched”...
Musings On Missional
I probably operate on a very basic, possibly naive assumption about the Church. That assumption is that the Church is...
How Much Does It Cost To Plant A Church?
How much money does it take to plant a new church or multi-site campus? I can't tell you how many times I have been...
Top 10 Church Planting Mistakes
Church Planting is tough and always carries a potential of risk and catastrophic failure. So what are the top ten...
What Defines A Successful Church?
Success is not neccesarily a numbers issue. I know plenty of large churches that may look successful on the outside,...
10 Deadly Sins That Will Kill Your Church
Every year an estimated 4,000 churches close their doors? (That is 334 each month, 83 each week, 12 each day)....
Planting Churches That Target Men
A Study in 2000 from Switzerland provides insight on the importance on male attendance on the religious development of...